Welcome to The Seven Layers
of Inner Peace
An Embodied Path Home to Yourself.
Here, you are deeply held.
As you soften, as you listen, something quiet begins to emerge.
The body, alive with sensation, opens - becoming a portal, to the ever-present Stillness of all that you are.
Pause. Breathe. Feel the Stillness within.
But if Stillness is always here, why does it feel so distant?
Why do we forget what already lives inside us?
When youโre ready, letโs explore this path together.
This work invites mothers to slow down, soften, and return to their inner landscape - not by effort, but by attunement.
Through breath, sensation, and presence, we move gently through the layers of the body - from physical holding, to emotional memory, to intuitive knowing - restoring safety, clarity, and connection at the root.
Schedule a free consultation and step into Stillness - with gentle support.
FREE GUIDE
Heena Vasani invites you into the Stillness within.
"Coming Home to the Heart."
Receive you free meditation - a gentle guide back home to yourself.
Welcome to Stillness
Let us be present.
Let us be rooted. Let us be still. Let us turn our attention within.
Dear Mother,
When we welcome all parts of ourselves -
our sensations, our feelings, our beliefs,
even the deep-rooted patterns of disconnection that shapes us-
reconnection begins.
Beneath the daily struggles lies our True Self:
a peaceful, steady Stillness that gently holds it all.
This is our essence - free, whole,
and interconnected with all of life.
When we pause, when we turn inward with love and intention,
we rediscover this Stillness, this Peace.
And only from this place of deep calm, clarity and abidance
can we truly see our childโs essence -
not just in their laughter, but in their quiet, in their longing, their tears.
This is the bond that holds us together,
even when life pulls us apart.
The bond that reminds us:
we are One, even though we are two.
And this bond whispers -
beneath all challenges, there is One Love, One Heart.
Welcome to Stillness.
Welcome Home.
Why Do We Lose Touch
With Stillness?
We come into the world open, trusting, and deeply connected to our essence - a place of joy, belonging, and authentic expression.
As children we instinctively know this Stillness.
But when our needs for love, safety, and connection go unmet, emotional wounds begin to shape how we see ourselves, others, and the world.
We learn to adapt, moulding ourselves into what we believe will make us worthy of love.
We begin to:-
Suppress our emotions - believing they are too much.
Doubt our inner wisdom - disconnecting from our instincts and inner truth.
Strive for Perfection - shrinking ourselves in the pursuit of love.
Overextend and overgive - mistaking self-sacrifice for worth.
Give endlessly without resting - believing love must be earned.
Can you feel the weight of this? Where does it sit in your body?
How Disconnection Lives in the Body, Emotions, and Mind
Disconnection doesnโt just live in the mind - it settles in the body, the nervous system, and the breath. It lingers in tension, in the weight of the past quietly stored within.
Over time, these emotional imprints become woven into us as unspoken implicit memories -
not in words, but in sensation.
And slowly, we begin to perceive the world through a broken lens.
How Disconnection Manifests in the Body & Emotions
๐ A constant weight, an exhaustion that no amount of sleep dissolves..
๐ Feeling present in your child's laughter - yet distant in the quiet moments.
๐ A nervous system that never fully unwinds - always alert, always holding.
๐ Cycles of stress, reactivity, or fear - unable to fully exhale.
๐ A quiet ache for deeper connection, but not knowing how to reach for it.
These are not just feelings - they are patterns, held in the body.
In Your Feelings
๐ Overwhelmed - carrying everything alone, even when others are near.
๐ Questioning yourself - wondering if youโre doing enough, if you are enough.
๐ Guilt - torn between the love you give and the exhaustion it leaves behind.
๐ Anger - at yourself, at life, at the unspoken burdens you hold in silence.
๐ Loneliness - not in isolation, but even in the presence of loved ones.
These emotions are not wrong.
They are unprocessed echoes of the past, seeking to be felt, processed and integrated within.
In Your Thoughts & Beliefs
๐ I am not enough - as a mother, a partner, a person.
๐ I give and give, yet still feel unseen.
๐ I donโt deserve rest, love, or care - until I have done more.
๐ I am failing - nothing I do is ever enough.
๐ If I let go, everything will fall apart.
๐ I am alone, I am unloved.
These are not failures.
This is forgetting.
And the heart always remembers what the mind has forgotten.
And Stillness is the way home.
The Seven Layers of Inner Peace
And Stillness is the way home.
But how do we return? How do we move beyond patterns of disconnection and soften into the deep Stillness of our Being?
This is the path of the 7 Layers to Inner Peace.
Each layer is an invitation, a doorway - meeting you exactly where you are, and guiding you from habitual patterns of stress and disconnection into the embodied Stillness of your true nature. These 7 layers are not just concepts; they are rooted in science, somatic awareness, and the ancient practice of Yoga Nidra - a deeply restorative approach to nervous system regulation and healing.
The Science of Stillness:
The Seven Layers as a Path to Healing
Healing begins with one profound truth:
You are already whole, even when it doesnโt feel that way.
But for healing to unfold, this truth must be fully felt - viscerally, in the body.
And for the body to open to that feeling, it must first feel safe.
Neuroscience confirms that the nervous system will not release what it does not feel safe to release (Porges van der Kolk, 2014).
Both modern science and ancient wisdom affirm a powerful truth:
"Taking time to be Still and fully present creates a deeper awareness of the body, breath and emotions. This awareness signals safety to the nervous system, helping it relax and shift out of stress mode into a calmer state where both body and mind can heal. As a result, balance is restored, emotional clarity deepens, and the ability to navigate the challenges of life with greater ease strengthens."
Research in attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, and somatic psychology confirms that true healing begins in the body, when we feel safe.
Yet healing cannot happen through thinking alone.
Our past wounds must be felt somatically, processed, and integrated through the body for true transformation to take place.
The Seven Layers of Inner Peace offers a structured yet intuitive way to restore inner regulation, presence and connection - first within yourself, then with your child.
Through this gentle process, as you unravel tension patterns, emotions, and beliefs that have shaped your experience, space for profound rest, healing and clarity emerges.
Each layer gently unfolds, allowing safety and Stillness to be embodied - not just understood.
But Stillness is not a personal experience. It is relational. It shapes how we connect, how we love, and how we raise our children.
The Science of Stillness:
The 7 Layers of Inner Peace and Connection
When a mother regulates her own nervous system, she creates the conditions for her child to develop emotional security and resilience.
Research in attachment theory (Ainsworth, 1978) and interpersonal neurobiology (Siegel, 1999) shows that a caregiverโs ability to remain emotionally present, deeply influences a childโs lifelong ability to trust, connect, and thrive.
๐ฟ A regulated mother fosters a regulated child.
๐ฟ A present mother creates the foundation for emotional safety.
๐ฟ A mother in Stillness invites her child into the same deep presence.
Just as disconnection and survival patterns can be passed down through generations, so can Stillness, emotional regulation, and deep connection.
Releasing your historic tension patterns, has a ripple effect that transforms your childโs inner world, shaping their lifelong ability to feel safe, loved, and whole.
And this is where the journey begins.
The 7 Layers of Inner Peace offer a pathway back to Stillness - a way to regulate, restore, and reconnect with yourself and your child.
"Motherhood is not just a role you fulfil - it is a profound experience that continually invites you to go deeper into the present moment, revealing who you are at your core."
When we slow down into embodied time, the body begins to speak. Core beliefs, stored tension, and emotional imprints gently rise - not to be remembered, but to be felt, integrated, and released.
Through mindful presence, loving attunement, and honouring resistance, this space invites deep rest, reflection and the uncovering of truth - free from force or timelines.
1
The Body as a Home
"Every mother deserves to feel safe in her body - to come home to herself. Learning to listen to its quiet wisdom is the first step towards true inner peace."
Before Stillness can be felt, safety must be restored.
In this first layer, we gently reconnect with the body's intelligence - noticing it's rhythms, sensations, and subtle signals with compassionate awareness.
What You Will Experience:
- A shift from tension to ease through deep body sensing..
- A guided exploration of where you hold, and how you begin to release.
- A growing sense of safety and presence within your own skin..
Science shows that awareness through sensation helps shift the body out of stress and into connection - not through thought, but through presence.
2
The Rhythm of Breath
"Every mother carries so much, often without pause. But in the quiet return to breath, we remember: We are held too."
Breath is the bridge between body and mind, between survival and presence..
In this layer, we explore how breath can soften tension, regulate emotion, and restore a sense of flow - both within and around you.
What You Will Experience:
- Gentle breath work to guide your system from stress toward Stillness.
- A felt connection to your bodyโs natural rhythm and inner pacing.
- A sense of balance, space and emotional renewal.
Research confirms that slow, conscious breathing stimulates the vagus nerve -calming the body, softening the mind, and strengthening emotional resilience.
3
Welcoming Emotions
"Every mother feels deeply, yet so often her emotions are placed last. But when we give ourselves permission to truly feel, we create space for peace."
Emotions are not problems to fix. They are simply energy moving through the body, asking only to be noticed.
In this layer, we gently explore how to meet emotion with presence instead of resistance, allowing space for release, understanding, and quiet transformation.
What You Will Experience:
- A shift from emotional overwhelm to spacious awareness.
- Somatic practices to recognise emotions as sensations, not stories.
- A new relationship with your inner world - where emotions are felt, honoured, and allowed to pass through
Somatic psychology shows that emotions must be felt through in the body, not suppressed or over-analysed, in order to be fully processed and released.
4
The Power of Belief
"Every mother carries stories - some uplifting, some heavy. She is allowed to question them, and to rewrite them with kindness."
Our beliefs shape how we see the world - and many were formed long before we were conscious of them.
In this layer, we begin to explore how a felt emotion within the body can reveal a constellation of core beliefs held quietly beneath the surface.
What You Will Experience:
- A gentle somatic enquiry into a current emotional experience.
- A growing awareness of how early life may still be shaping your inner landscape..
- A soft uncovering of beliefs held in the body - through sensation, memory, and emotion.
- An invitation to question these beliefs, not with judgment, but with curiosity and compassion.
Neuroscience confirms that our brains are wired for change. When we meet long-held beliefs with presence and compassion, we begin to reshape not only our inner experience - but the emotional legacy we pass on..
5
The Quiet Radiance of Joy
"Every mother deserves joy - not just in fleeting moments, but as a quiet presence she can return to, again and again."
Joy is not something we must chase. It is something we uncover when we soften into presence. In this session, you will explore the deep stillness beneath striving, allowing gratitude and contentment to arise naturally.
What You Will Experience:
- A shift from seeking joy to resting in it.
- A deepened awareness of gratitude and presence.
- A connection to the quiet radiance of being.
Studies show that gratitude and heart-focused awareness increase positive emotions, improving mental and physical well-being.
6
Beyond the Roles we Play
"Every mother is more than the roles she holds. Beyond the doing, beyond the giving, she is already whole."
So often, we define ourselves by the roles we playโmother, carer, nurturer. But who are you beyond these identities?This session invites you to soften the need to define yourself and rest in the quiet awareness of who you truly are.
What You Will Experience:
- A space to explore who you are beyond your roles.
- A deep sense of inner clarity and self-trust.
- The freedom to release expectations and simply be.
Psychological research supports the idea that reconnecting with oneโs authentic self fosters emotional resilience and long-term well-being.
7
Resting in Wholeness
"Every mother is worthy of peace. Not when everything is done, not when she has time, but right now, exactly as she is."
At the heart of daily life, there is a longing for peace. But peace is not something you must earn - it is already here, beneath the layers of thought, emotion, and identity. This session invites you to rest deeply in presence, to let go of striving, and to experience the simplicity of being.
What You Will Experience:
- A shift from seeking peace to embodying it.
- A state of deep, effortless stillness.
- A lasting sense of inner trust and wholeness.
Mindfulness research confirms that present-moment awareness strengthens emotional regulation, enhances resilience, and cultivates lasting inner peace.
Come and experience the depth of Stillness.
Healing unfolds in Sacred Silence
My Journey Through
Disconnection and Healing
For years, I tried to think my way through pain - analysing, talking, searching for answers.
But true healing is an embodied experience. It unfolds through the body, mind, and heart when we meet our experience directly, without resistance, in Stillness.
Not the Stillness of silence, but a sacred Stillness - one that holds you, softens you, and opens your heart from within, allowing you to finally feel what has long been waiting to be felt.
My Personal Journey
๐Being separated from my birth mother shaped the way I saw myself.
I believed I was unloved, unworthy, and alone.
๐Slowly, I lost touch with my instincts, emotions, and core identity.
I lived in fear and without a voice.โจ
๐By my early twenties, this manifested physically in kidney failure - a message from my body, a signal that something long buried needed to be felt and processed.
As I gently healed after my kidney transplant - a journey that unfolded over years - I softened into Stillness. Gradually, I developed an inner capacity to meet the intensity of my experience, embracing each sensations and emotion as it arose.
I began to process my unmet needs, included those rooted in my childhood. In that surrender something profound happened:
๐I began to connect with my children essence-to-essence - no longer through the lens of my inherited wounds, but through the quiet, sacred presence that had always been there.โจ
๐As I healed, I saw them more clearly - not only in their joy but also in
their longing, their quiet, and their tears.โจ
๐The cycle of disconnection, passed down for generations, began to dissolve.
Rediscovering Wholeness
As I processed and released these inner imprints through my body,
I noticed profound shifts:โจ
๐ My beliefs about myself began to change - I felt worthy of love and care.โจ
๐ My kidney transplant, which carried its own trauma, softened - as though it, too, was healing. Its longevity has even surprised my renal doctors, a testament to the connection between emotional and physical healing.โจ
๐ I felt a sense of lightness and ease in my body, as though years of tension were finally being released.
Stillness became the space where love was no longer something to strive for, but something we could finally rest into, together as a family.
Healing was not about changing who I was, but about softening into what had always been here - beneath the layers of fear, conditioning and survival.
And in that softening, I saw clearly:
This Marked the End of:
๐ Carrying the weight of shame, guilt, and self-blame.
๐ The endless cycle of striving, overwhelm, and self-criticism, trying to be "enough."โจ
๐ Feeling disconnected from myself, suppressing emotions instead of feeling them.
๐ Passing down generational patterns of pain, repeating what was unconsciously inherited.
And the Beginning of:
๐ Parenting from Presence, not reaction. - Meeting my children with Love not wounds.
๐ Letting go of perfection and embracing wholeness - finding ease in simply being.
๐ Living a life filled with creativity, joy, and authentic self-expression.โจ
๐ Breaking free from inherited cycles and building deep trust - within myself and my family.
๐ Rediscovering the innate Stillness and wholeness within.
Your Journey Into Stillness Begins Here
The Seven Layers of Inner Peace can be experienced in a 1:1 Stillness Session - a space where healing unfolds naturally, gently and at your own pace.
๐ฟ Release emotional imprints and long-held tension.
๐ฟ Reconnect with deep Presence and inner clarity.
๐ฟ Parent with intention, self-trust, and Unconditional Love.
๐ฟ Break free from generational cycles and cultivate true connection.
Come home to yourself. Come home to Stillness
"When you feel ready, letโs explore this path together."
Schedule a free consultation and step into Stillness with gentle support."
What would it feel like to finally rest into who you already are?
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I am Heena Vasani
I am a mother, author, and teacher of meditation and Inner Self-Enquiry. I am dedicated to sharing embodied wisdom from my lived experience, to help mothers heal, grow, and reconnect with their True Self โ the source of deep inner support. Only from this place of wholeness can they be fully present with their children.
I have studied extensively in the fields of Enquiry and Meditation, training with Dr. Gabor Matรฉ in Compassionate Enquiry and with Dr. Richard Miller, founder of the iRest Institute, where I explored Self-Enquiry and non-dual meditation through the Koshas, or veils of identity.
I have also studied with the Ridhwan School, practising Diamond Enquiry under the guidance of A.H. Almaas, and I am a certified meditation teacher, having trained at the British School of Meditation.
However, my true school has been my own spiritual journey - a 28 year path of Self-discovery and inner healing, initiated by a profound glimpse of my True Self on the day of my kidney transplant in 1997. This journey has led to remarkable health, deep personal growth, and the healing of my inner childhood wounds.
As a meditation teacher, I guide others to feel, sense, and move beyond limiting beliefs and childhood conditioning, awakening to and embodying Loveโs Presence.
My book, Fragrance of Freedom: Discovering Peace Through Mothering, was published in October 2023 and draws from my journey as a mother to help others rediscover peace, connection, and joy.
I live in the beautiful Cotswolds, where I find awe and inspiration in natureโs ever-changing palette.
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What they say...
Heena's presence is something out of this world. Her deep attunement and understanding make it feel as if you are truly witnessedโheld in the presence of an angel. Through her compassionate guidance, I have experienced profound insights and a deepening of love for myself, even in the most challenging moments.โ
Thank you, Heena, for offering your sacred presence to this world.
โ Lilith Kostandia,
Compassionate Inquiry Cohort 2024
In moments of turmoil, Heena guided me to be still and centred in peace. She encourages us to take full responsibility for every painful situation and to feel it fully. This has allowed deep healing and transformation to unfold in my life, bringing more harmony with each step.
When we lose connection with Spirit, higher consciousness, and Love, we feel lostโwe start controlling and blaming ourselves or others. Heena helps us realign with consciousness and Universal Love.
With Heena, there is no fixing, no judgment, no โdos or donโts.โ She offers a space of pure presence, of loving kindnessโthe presence of your True Self.โ
โ Ananti Shah,
Mother, Yoga Teacher, Homeopath, Pharmacist
